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' Patented June 27, 1882.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BUSH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND LOTAN K. HUNT,OF SAME PLACE.

SASH-CO RD FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,161, dated June 27,1882. Application filed November 1, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BUSH, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash- CordFasteners, of which the following is a specification. 1

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improve- Inent',"partly in sectionthrough the line a: :10, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is an edge view of a sash towhich my improvement has been applied,partly in section through thelineyy, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improvement, partly insection through the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe improvement detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the application ofsash-cords to windows and avoid the necessity of removing the sas'hes inmaking the application.

The invention consists of a knot holder formed of a face-plate, and aneye-plate secured to the inner side of the said face-plate and havingitseye elongated transversely; and, also, in the combination, with a sashhavinga knot-pocket and inclined passage, of a faceplate and a curvedplate secured to the said face-plate and having an elongated eye, ashereinafter fully described.

A represents the casing, and B the sash, of

a window. 0 is the cord-pulley, which is secured to the casing A in theordinary manner. In the side of the sash stile, at a suitable distancefrom the top of the'sash, and at such a distance from the edge of thesaid stile as to clear the stop-bead D or the partin g-stri p E, isformed an opening, F, called by me a knotpocket. The knot-pocket F ismade of such a size as to readily receive the knot of the sashcord G andthe knot-holder hereinafter described. v

From the upper part of the knot-pocket F is formed a passage, H, leadingin an upwardlyinclined direction to the lower end of the ordinarycord-channel, I, formed in the edge of the sash-stile. The knot-holderis formed of a plate, J,of suflicient size to cover the knotpocket F,and having an eye-plate, K, formed 50 upon or attached to the upper partof its inner side. The eye-plate K has an aperture or eye formed throughit for the passage of the sash-cord G, which eye is elongatedtransversely, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, so that the same knot-holdercan be used upon either stile 5 of the sash. I prefer to arch theeye-plateK transversely, as shown in Fig. 4, as allowing the knot tohear more easily against it; but it may be made of any desired shape.

In applying sash-cords'to a window provided with my improvement the cordG is passed over the pulley (l and attached to the balancing-weight inthe ordinary manner. The outer end of the cord G is then passed downthrough the channel I and passage H, is drawn out of the knot-pocket F,is passed through the eye of the eye-plate K, and aknot is tied upon it.Theknot-holderJKistheninsertedin the knotpocket F, where it will be heldin place by the strain upon the cord Gr. The knot-holder J K may besecured against any movement in the knot-pocket F by'one or more smallscrews passed through the plate J and into the sashstile, or by brads,or by points attached to or formed upon the said plate J and enteringthesaid stile.

If desired, the operation of applying the cord may be reversed bypassing the cord up or down through the passage H and channel I beforepassing it over the pulley O, and attaching it to the balancing-weight.

With this construction a cord can be applied without removing the sashfrom the window.

In case a cord should stretch, the knot-holder can be detached from thesash-stile, the cord drawn out, a new knot tied upon its end, and theknot-holder replaced in a few minutes.

Having thus fully described my inventi0n,I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters latent- 9o As an improved article of manufacture, theherein-described knot-holder, consisting of the face-plate J and thecurved eye-plate K, secured to the said face-plate, and having its eyeelongated transversely, substantially as and 5 for the purpose setforth.

CHARLES BUSH.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, G. SEDGWICK.

